Day: February 5, 2015

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Christianity Politics

Watch President Obama’s Full Speech at The Prayer Breakfast – Video

It has already started. On the right, the talk in the Republican and conservative arena is that President Obama never mentioned Islam, but criticized Christianity in his speech today. On one of these websites, the author wrote…

At none other than the National Prayer Breakfast, Obama once again attacked Christianity’s   perceived offences in the name of Christ and the Crusades of over a thousand years ago,  while specifically leaving out references to atrocities committed in the name of Muhammed and Islam…..

Of course, the website author nitpicked a 3 minutes section of the 24 minutes speech and presented that as the basis for their criticism. A false criticism that is, because the entire speech focused on ALL religions and how extremists hijack these religions for their own sick use.

So for those who wish to know the truth, I challenge you to listen to the full speech, instead of soundbites and nitpicking.

Do you accept the challenge?

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Politics

Advisor to GOP Congressman Quits After Comparing Black People to “Zoo Animals”

Gawker is reporting that Benjamin Cole, Aaron Schock’s senior adviser for policy and communications, resigned this afternoon after a series of racially-charged Facebook posts—including one in which he compares black people to zoo animals—were obtained and published by ThinkProgress.

In another since-deleted post, Cole writes that he “thinks they should build a mosque on the White House grounds,” in an apparent dig at Obama.

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Entertainment

Ellen DeGeneres ‘Dance Dare’ Competitor to Sue NYPD for “Excessive Force”

Alexander Bok, the man who was roughed up by New York police when he was caught dancing just feet away from a cop, is filing a $5 million lawsuit against the department.

The video of the incident was uploaded to the Internet. Bok explained that he was filming a dance dare for the Ellen DeGeneres Show when cops became overly aggressive with him and eventually threw him to the ground. Video of the incident went online in late December. TMZ reports that the lawsuit is claiming that cops violated his freedom of speech and used excessive force.

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Entertainment Featured Politics Texas

Jon Stewart Disects Showdown in Congress Between Florida Democrat and Texas Republican – Video

It was almost an all out war between the Florida Democratic congressman Alcee Hastings and the gentleman from Texas, Republican Michael Burgess. During a recent congressional meeting, Hastings directed an insult towards the state of Texas, prompting the Texas Representative to demand an apology.

The apology never came, in fact, Hastings doubled down, rather tripled down on his original insult. After showing the clip, Stewart wondered if America would be better off if the two states destroyed themselves in an all out war!

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Black people Featured

Republican Spokesman Compares Black People to “Zoo Animals”

Quick poll. A show of hands. Are you really surprised that a Republican compares black people as zoo animals?

The spokesman for rising Republican star Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) allegedly compared two black people to zoo animals in one of several racially charged Facebook posts, ThinkProgress reported Thursday.

Schock’s communications director Benjamin Cole posted a series of videos to his Facebook page in October 2013 that mocked black people walking outside his Washington, D.C. apartment, according to screenshots of the posts obtained by ThinkProgress.

The news website reported that one post, which included a video of a woman who appeared to be arguing with someone off-screen, read “so apparently the closing of the National Zoo has forced the animals to conduct their mating rituals on my street. #gentrifytoday Pt. 1.”

The race of the woman is unclear in the screenshot.

A second post reportedly read “#gentrifytoday Pt. 3. This is where she finds another glass bottle, and breaks it on their stoop to use as a weapon.” The race of the woman is also unclear from that screenshot.

In a more recent post dated Jan. 29, Cole allegedly described an experience he had with a black police officer when he went to file an assault report against a black woman he said threw an elbow at him on the street.

“‘Do you have a problem talking to me?’ That’s what the Black Metro police officer said to me when he began asking me to explain what happened,” Cole wrote, according to a screenshot of the post obtained by ThinkProgress.

Cole did not immediately respond to a request for comment from TPM on Thursday.

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Health Politics

Jon Stewart Slams Science Deniers on the Whole Vaccination Debate – Video

Yes, if there is a debate going on there are obviously those who are for and against something, and yes, in the case of vaccinating children against measles and the like, those for vaccination are usually liberals and those against it are usually Republicans and conservatives – you know, the science deniers.

Stewart however, managed to find a liberal in California who appear against the idea of vaccination. When asked if she had her kids vaccinated against measles – over 100 cases diagnosed since January 2015 – she thought for a while and then answered, “kinda.” Stewart of course, had some words for this woman.

But he also had something to say about the likes of Rand Paul and Chris Christie who both appeared in separate clips touting “personal freedom” as reasons not to vaccinate children. But it was the way Stewart ended the segment that left a lasting impression… at least on me.

In breaking down the reason to vaccinate, Jon Stewart likened America to an old farm house out in the middle of nowhere, and he compared measles as zombies trying to get into the house. The only way to keep these zombies out of the house was to board up the doors and windows. Everyone in the house was responsible for boarding up their area, but there was one lady from California who read somewhere that zombies will not come in, so she left here windows and doors unprotected.

Zombies, ah, measles made their way inside, infecting or eating all the survivors, just because one idiot failed to vaccinate! Get it?

Watch the video.

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